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FAMILY STROMATEIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
Synonyms:
family Stromateidae; Stromateidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Stromateidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Stromateidae"):
butterfish; stromateid; stromateid fish (small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines)
genus Poronotus; Poronotus; genus Palometa; genus Paprilus; Paprilus; genus Psenes; Psenes; Ariomma; genus Ariomma; genus Tetragonurus; Tetragonurus; genus Hyperoglyphe; Hyperoglyphe (a genus of Stromateidae)
Holonyms ("family Stromateidae" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)